Letter to the Editor: Consideration on the road a thing of the past

Published 3:41 pm, Friday, July 3, 2015

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The recent passing of two close friends had me participating in two funeral processions in the same week, from the same funeral home, both within two days of one another. What I observed on both those days, as I was not driving, was the lack of common courtesy on the part of other motor vehicle drivers. Cutting in front of as well as weaving in and out of the vehicles in the funeral procession was all too common on both days. Even at intersections of stop signs and stop lights, where it can be clearly seen that a funeral procession is coming through, no common courtesy was being extended allowing the procession to continue on. This lack of courtesy was even seen with two tractor-trailer drivers, and they are supposed to be professional drivers.

I wonder if funeral procession courtesy is mentioned anymore when people are applying and studying for their driver’s license test or even if there are any questions about funeral processions on the test. I can recall this kind of courtesy being covered when I was studying for my driver’s license, of course this was way back in the early 1960s. Why are people in such a rush to go nowhere and what happened to respect for one another? Our society has indeed changed, and unfortunately not for the better.